This book is completely macabre and completely engrossing. I found it incredibly interesting to read, with so much cultural diversity. I love a nonfiction book that can keep me learning about amazing human experiences without making everything sound severely technical. Somehow, Caitlin Doughty makes death and cremation...fun?

A definite book to read as a companion to Mary Roach's Stiff. There is a little bit of overlap in a topic or two, but these books fit together like lock and key. And they're both written by women with serious backbones and an amazing amount of disturbing, yet totally awesome, knowledge.